The busiest man in Scottish jazz grabs the solo part on his big band album. Tommy Smith will be 43 in 10 days time, which doesn’t seem feasible. Somehow he has never lost the aura of being a super-talented much younger man. What he translates as, however, is a dynamic presence in Scottish music for […]
"Torah" – a strange thing for an atheist to say – but I love it
I was surprised on Friday at the SNJO gig to see a new CD on sale. “Torah” by The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra featuring Tommy Smith isn’t “officially” released till the end of April, so finding it for sale on a trestle table at the last gig was a real added bonus (though a very […]